A girl that is 4ft. 10 in. tall casts a shadow that is 5.5 feet long. A tree casts a shadow that is 125 feet long. What is the h
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We need to use trigonometry here
Given is the angle = 30°
And one side = 26
With a missing side = x
The missing side is the opposite of the given angle, we have the adjacent but we don't know the value of the hypotenuse, so we need to use Tangent
Tan α =
tan 30 =
26tan(30) = x
x = 15
We need to use trigonometry here
Given is the angle = 30°
And one side = 26
With a missing side = x
The missing side is the opposite of the given angle, we have the adjacent but we don't know the value of the hypotenuse, so we need to use Tangent
Tan α =
tan 30 =
26tan(30) = x
x = 15